Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1887 — INTERNAL REVENUE. [ARTICLE]

INTERNAL REVENUE.

Interesting Figures from the Report of Commissioner Joseph S. Miller. The Total Collections for the Last Fiscal Year Amounted to One Hundred and Eighteen Million Dollars. The Hon. Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has submitted to Secretary Fairchild a preliminaryreport of the operations of that service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1887, from which the following facts and figures are taken: The total collections from all sources of internal revenue for the fiscal year just ended were $118,835,757, which amount has been accounted for and covered into the Treasury. This is $1,932,888 more than the collections lor the previous fiscal year. The cost of collection to be paid out of appropriations made to the Revenue Bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1887, was about $4,075,000. In order to ascertain the exact cost of collection it will be necessary to add the foregoing sum to the amount expended for the printing of internal revenue stamps, the appropriation for that purpose for the year ended June 30, 1887, having been included in the sum appropiiated for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The amount expended for this purpose will be stated in a subsequent report. During the year the offices of the several Collectors of Internal Revenue have been examined as frequently as possible, and the reports received of these examinations indicate a very generally satisfactory condition of the internal revenue service throughout the country. The receipts from the different objects of taxation as compared with receipts for the previous year were as follows: Spirits, $65,829,322, a decrease of $3,262,944. Tobacco, $30,108,067, an increase of $2,200,700. Fermented liquors, $21,922,187, an increase of $2,245,456. Oleomargarine, $723,948, all increase. Banks and bankers, $4,288, all increase; miscellaneous, $247,945, au increase of $21,435. The quantities of distilled spirits, fermented liquors, manufactuied tobacco, snuff, cigars, and cigarettes, on which tax was paid during the year were as follows: Spirits distilled from grapes, apples, and peaches, 1,211,532 gallons, a decrease of 344,462. Spirits distilled from other materials, 66,163,859 gallons, a decrease of 3,126,502. Number of cigars, 3,788,305,443, an increase of 277,437,455. Number of cigarettes, 1,584,505,200, an increase of 273,543,850. Snuff, 6,561,875 pounds, an increase of 395,826. Tobacco, 199,937,648 pounds, an increase of 14,511,455. Fermented liquors, 23,121,526 barrels, an s increase of 2,410,593 barrels.

The above figures indicate a decrease in the consumption of spirituous liquors and a corresponding increase in the consumption of malt liquors. The following statement shows the collections of internal revenue by States and Territories during the year so far as the arrangement of districts will allow it to be done in that way. Alabama #78,542 Missouri $7,858,890 Arkansas 97,630 Montana 101,158 California 2,081,221 Nebraska 2,395,401 Colorado 260,15 1 Nevada 70,419 Connecticut... 481,4)5 N. Hamshire.. 377/62 Delaware 263,29/ New Jersey... 4,596,161 Florida 322,90) New Mexico... 63,565 Georgia 330,7) > New York 15,101,203 Illinois 24,825,707 N. Carolina.... 1,950,701 Indiana 4,219,038 Ohio 15,896,795 lowa 1,951,124|0reg0n 152,318 Kansas 211,120!Bennsylvania. 8,120,357 Kentucky 12,417,52)1Rh0de Island. 233,251 Louisiana .... 543,748 S. Carolina.... 100,146 Maine 50,266 Tennessee. ... 1,012,516 Maryland 2,875,597 j Texas 209,343 Massachusetts 2,471,1511Verm0nt 30,119 Michigan 1,801,907 Virginia 2,923,396 Minnesota.... 554,088 W. Virginia... 538,266 Mississippi ... 43,605 Wisconsin .... 3,178,964 Cash receipts for sale of adhesion stamps 7,777 Aggregate receipts .'!.!!!!'. 118,835,757